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three years past the attention of toe Governor and the Register of the Mate Land 0dice has been called by agent* of the Stave to *h« ai-e« Id the land* October 9 h. 1867. to Jamet F. Joy, for one dollar oer acre, calt;h, in strict ac-acuoue* u»e umuciii. * . D,| s«£i*h J» lumlSitonM of the trt*ty wbichEmigrant Ompany in RWm* to mnp ; Hlt;.fe the Jfmi,,rant Company came forwardlaurts, as hdivren tta** ci»ni|any and the odd- { tier; but the Stave officers had no auth irity oflaw to commence ifive^tigaiiona or legal pro- iGen-feeding* wirhoul being authorized by the eral Assembly.’'The increase in the figure* of the report from ■ the evidence obtained from the Laud office ! showed that the frauds had been oerpetrated in twenty-seven instead e*f twenty five counties, ! that #38 000 bad been obtained instead of $32,- j 000, and that about 530 000 acres of land had j been traudulently proved up instead of 400 0«X. I Taking ibe lowest estimates of the agentsthemselves and the lowest quantities stated, and it appear* from the company's own wit-nesses that the people of less than one third of the counties would have been swindled cut of about $700,000 if the fraud* had not been discovered. And all this when the Government was snuggling to pay its soldiers and prosecute iu» war. - ^The committee reported a resolution requesting the Governor to transmit the result of the investimation to Secretary Harlan and Oom-misfiouer Edmunds, and instructed the Attorney General of the State to proceed against the company with a view to annul its contracts at d compel it to refund the moneys it bad ob-tbii ed.Eefore fbc Governor forwarded the rep m the whole subject wa** brought no here bv tlie Emigrant I'oinjaLY and if.- ageuM iu May and .June jof ISC6 and an elaborate defense prepared eon- f sisting iu great part of a bitter and unfounded ! at ntk ubt'h seveial connected with the Laud office. S* oat or Harlan took sides witn theand claimed that the contract was valid, that under it their first payment of #25,000 Had been received, and was then in the Pre*mry; and declared that they did not recognize the opinion of the Attorney General as a judicial settlement of the question, and they should contest Joy * title in the Courts. KAt this point, Mr. Joy’s own statement to a well known gentleuiati, made after the settlement with the Emigrant Company had takenIplace, was that thie company had tried to make him pay heavily to get out of his wav: that herefused; that subsequently Thev offered to get a supplemental treaty through the Senate giving him the Fame time sale Harlan had given tb«m; that h* agreed to pay lib^railv fur thedifference betwecu a cash sale and one ou time, an be could well affVodto do, Mr. Jov ha* now admitted in his letter of December, 30'h ultimo, to Henry Strong, of Burlington, that h* did p* the Emigrant Company $25,000 on such a j bargain. THE SUPPLEMENTAL TRBATV.| On tbe26*h of April, 1868,«Mr Kersey Ooatet, ! of Kansas City. Missouri, and Mr. J B. Grln-liell. oi Iowa, annoonced themselves to the de-* par«ment. the first as the agent, in part, of dr. i Jdy, and U»e second a* the attorney of both Mr.Ji,y and vhe Kmtgraut Company, in the matter ; of arranging a supplemental treaty.The letter of Mr. Coates is as follows:“W AsiiiNUToN, D. C., April 25. 1868 “Fin—I am here at the request of J. F Joy, to repievent, in part, hi* interest iu the qu«s-icompany ;%«THE SALE TO THE EMIGRANT COMPAXV.tii n of ibe proposed supplemental treaty wi»hthe ( herckee Nation of Indians, with a view ofreconciling conflicting claims to the NeutralWith this record of fraud, unanimously certi fied to by the Republican Legislature of hisLands, and quieting the title of said Joy to the same, and am authorized to sav that the draft(•vd hta*e fresh in his mind, Mr. Harlan, on the » liliy tuch as meetsot a htippletuetital treaty heivwi h. is sub nan-atvwith30’ h of August. 18€6. under a treaty prescribing * ccncc. I have have the honor to behis enure acquies-a ta b tale, and an exception in favor of ac t uileetilei*, sold to this ^aiu« company, on nineyettis’ time, aud made no reservation of theeeiibr*'lav ds. ; ^W itli regaid to the meaning of the te?*m. * for“Very re*[Signed•lluliy your obdt serv’t,!»cash, in the treaty. Mr. Am A. Phillips; anChe ‘pecJ Coates.“To Hon. JS. G. Taylor, Commissi oner Indian Affairs. * ,,1 he letter of Honorable J. B Gritmell, is as follow*;“WiAHiHftTOK, April 25 1868. “Fib—I am authorized b the American E ni*6traiii Company, which purchased ho Cherokee teutral l auds from Sectetary Harlan, to represent. a* their attorney, that they de-ire a sot-tl% incut ot this question by a supplementaltieaty, : • \ . . ‘ *‘k#l he proposition made by the Cherokee Nation. heiewiih snbmitted, meets their a{ipr »val, ai d I ark that it may he approved as an equliable ba*is ot set ilement. .j ^ ^“1 am further empowered by Hon. James F. Joy, «*s his attorney, the purchaser ot said Ihi ds, to represeui that he de ires the raritic t-lion of the accompany irg nruposaf, that thereAttorney for the Cherokee*, aud a party to thetu«t\, states over his owu signauite tnvt thewoidV “tor cash were not iu the first draft sent down by Se«*ret»ry Harlan, but were inserted by the Indians expressly to prevent aal« on time.. vMr. Harlan, in a speech iu the Senate upon thii* matter, asserted that he was privy to the lit got tat ion of the tieaty.Con’! iseioner Cooley, in his report of 1866, a'ter lelatii.g how ih*? war had divided the therlt; k»e* into h loyal ai.d disloyal body, say*:‘Two delegations, representing *he-e oppos- i irg %iewi. came on to Wa-hington, and c u-feiei c* afler boufeience ensued n?w with one j I arty—n«,w with the other. Both sides had » may be no cloud upon his title.ei gaged hs counsel gentlemen cmineiit for legal i “Yoor obedient aability, whoftpjeated in their behalf ou many«tcasions where the discussions of »he im-pi*r*Hnt cjuestioii at i—tie were marked with gitai inte e*t. Draught after draught ofinaties was made, and ^veial clearly agreedujs ii, when seine new different would arise, si;d all arrangements be overturned. The so-c-ad«d Sotnhefo delegate* in'i^ted tn*it their must tie *elt;Murafd from the remainderOf the i‘Htk»n--thtti they could not and wouldnet liv** with them; white the other |-arty, udh ichnnt alone. as holding the nationalOTSttnimtii n. the Gov*rvm*nt could treat except as a iast rtsorf insisted that the nation ahjuidrot be diAuled. About tte middle of June the \Opedal CVnTfwpondwnce of the f'ittcinnaiiWashieoton, January 12. For a number of days it has seemed th* least hit odd, from this distance, that thebditorof the Cineivinati Chronicle ehouid exhibit BOmuch anxiety to stop the Gazette's investigation into the affairs of the Interior Departmentunder Secretary Harlan Such earnestness bid, withal, a suspicious look. It led to tire mtu-ules search in the record* of the Pcudou Officewhile Htm. Joseph H Barreto wa* tlom uis-sioner under Mr Harlan. And then it was easier to explain the editor s Cots raw. It looked at- if be w»u»ted to stop the matter before the thing got round to himif ^ ■! It M*etns that when Mr Harlan ditcharged bis «xai hruHu. for not buying a liverv. that h**ent round to Mr, Bariett s oflRce and Knik lt;mo of the tmployes on hi* roll to fill the place.First he was taken tor three days, th »u for five, and then tor fix we. ks; and tbr tho *e pert »dq at hast, he did no Ferric# for th# Govwrntaent except to draw pay on the Pension Office nlli, And this uian did the family driving as distil gui.-hed from driving for purp nes,much ot tiiis latter icrvice being peif inund by beck men duty paid fronj the Contingent fund, while li is carriage rolling about fir oh«rpurposes The man did not like it. for it « m h sea*on when there whs much i.»ghf d ivingto panie* and receptions, aud it prevented himtri m litakinir extra money lt;n hisowu iM*c m it, which he great ly net dr a. and which he wa« ac-cuetoiTn dto receive asa waiter at ereoiag eu-Thb* nmn whs on »he ConiTnH^i Mior** roll4, pm 1 of the time at #60 a month and part of 1 hatime at $70 ft can be pleaded, with #**e niei/tinth. lhat this was very small stealing; 4 id if the plea i* insisted upon it will h*admitted,Ot ot one Ooiumi^iauor Barrett coqid nothelp this, though it is to hiseredtt that he criti-cirid it *eterelj at the time. Bui he could h^p the deiibviiBc efforts to cover up such thing* by hi.- late Chronicle article We quote his words:' There i* u**t n mg of decent pre'cnse lett toour cont* inporary tor standing by it.- c *rre-P|H-ndent in thi* M:sTui how aooui the Chronlcdc manageiUM# standing by its editor? H. V, B.mnKGAAli MAIUUAGKK.41Everbody has heard of of the terra * .uorgan atic u ai 1 iages,’ and *»mny people «upp »*e th»itliiHi riagtb ot ibi kii it are ?q»t*vie* of c »UCiibiu-age, in which the King* and Prince lt;*r K-.iro»»e aie fond ot indulging. This U not the caws,ijMNMhl*'.. ; ;[Signi d] *‘J. B. Grineell.‘ Hen N. G l ay lor, Commissioner ludiau Af-fairr.” 'iecmmiisionet* despairing of a satisfactory ar~ »rat atrncnf with the national party, made a treaty• 1 i ti r. / Ji ^ to u In.wU tiSu a-L* Ail vai ia: j 1Both these letter* are m the baud writing of the gentlemen signing them.Just her* ii is pertinent to quote a sentence from each of the letter* of Messrs. J y aud Gunnell published in the Gazktte, of the 7th instant, by Mr. Griunelt. *’■ %■ «v , -Mr Joy write*: . VW“A* to Mr. Grluoell being the active middle mao in tbi*4 euornjou* fmud, [ hava to f»ay that he L not now, aud never has been, ttio agent in any sense of myself or the rail-ii ad ci nipauy, w hether iu the lobby or other* irtrtrM*.v Mr, Grinnell quote* this, and adds:4 t h 1 ■’ ntUhowever. A morganatic marriage is just at binding upon the parties aauy other marriage* Ibe term is derived from the Germ* a m r*j gei talie, which means a do or t \. it ^i a n idea a b»atnittuutwl Contract iu which out* of th * pair* tie.- h greatly supeuor in rank tithe other. If H i*e the biide that is of inferior r*atc, *h« j tigne* ihat ahe and her i#tldnm »»hall be au«i-tied 1 ei»her to the rank uor the ea*at« ot tier btieimbd, ai d that the dow ry w hich is settled un* n her at ‘be time of »he luarrift^e. shaii h*j accepted in lieu or miier privilege*. It it#man be the inletior, he uive.^ aseuts to anuilar j coidi iona. In ih* hi idai ceremony tim party of snpeiior lank gives the left band* iuatead of the light, to rheoihtr—whence the^c uiarri.%glt;M j aie eoHieiime* styled “left handed.One of ill* most farm him tnarriagea of this class w1 hat of Frederick William the Third Of Fiti(*in, to ih« i -ouniaas Augusta, of llnr-intk. 111 of* w hom her hushand coutcrrtni tua mi k u-t Piii ceMMo* Leipnltz—a marriage eott-fi mm wild in 1824, long after the d« ato of r.tie King a bgitimme HpoiiMe. the besntifdl Queen Lclim* 1 he princ#** of Leipuitz is nt111 living — a widow litiit 1840. A 10cher taorgauaita Iti mi t Ima U N v 111 a 1 1.!' th*. I 41.? *4 kl III/ Ilf I L*ta •
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Cincinnati Semi Weekly Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 18, 1870
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